Applied Depositional Geosystems Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Depositional Geosystems (ADG) trains both traditional
(those with BS degrees in geosciences) and non‐traditional students (those with Bachelors
degrees in other science and engineering fields) for career opportunities in the energy
industry, in government agencies, and in academia. Providing students with training
in this field enhances their skills in geology, mathematics, and the physical sciences,
forming a basis for work in petroleum and water exploration, as well as environmental
geology and engineering.

The Graduate Certificate in Applied Depositional Geosystems will be awarded to students
successfully completing the five courses (15 hours) from the following options. No
substitution of courses or transfer credit is permitted.

Two from the list below:

GEOL 4044 Petroleum Geology - Modern concepts of the origin, migration, entrapment and production of hydrocarbons
from sedimentary basin.

GEOL 7972 Seminar in Geophysics - Structure and composition of the mantle; physical processes at ridges, trenches and
transform faults; dynamics of plate interiors; intraplate stress; and thermal histories
of the earth and other terrestrial planets; physics of rock magnetism; and hydrodynamics
of sedimentary basins.